South Africa vs West Indies, 2nd Semi Final at Jaipur, Nov 02 2006 - Match Result

brilliant. Full stride, and clobbered down the ground for the winning boundary

driven, but straight to the man at mid-off

oops, that's a bonus

tip-and-run cricket, and a scampered single ends with a direct hit from the covers, but the batsmen are home

stretching forward and smothers the spin, not that there's a whole lot of it

shorter, and bludgeoned down the ground. But the long-on sweeper tidies up

flicked off the pads, but straight to the fielder

and that's a useful addition. Gayle keeps the strike, with just four runs needed

that will help the cause! Opens the blade and punches behind square for a welcome boundary to get off the mark

shuffles across his stumps, and pushed back down the track

sensible defence

tickled away to fine leg

poor ball, and Gayle swings that one round the corner and away to the midwicket boundary. He's still in control, and therefore so are the Windies

the end of another very useful over. Spin, as Viv Richards once said (apparently) is a useful setting on a washing-machine. It's also useful for putting the heebie-jeebies through a West Indian batting line-up

good length, met with a deliberate dead bat

good grief, that is village! Gayle is cruising at the other end, but Morton wanted to finish the job himself, but instead his big smear ends up in the hands of short midwicket. Brainless batting, I'm afraid to say, and it was somewhat telegraphed

tight bowling so far this over ... I sense there may be some flutters to come

nice flight and loop, pushed back down the track

turned phlegmatically into the gap on the leg-side. Gayle wants to finish this himself

turned to midwicket, to end a very useful over. Too little too late? Probably ...